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Parenting classes may be a help (The Buffalo News) - Q: My ex-husband and I have one son who’s in first grade. We’re attempting to coparent, but our parenting styles are vastly different and it is affecting our son. My ex was raised in another country and was whipped as a child and locked in a dark room as punishment.

Kevin Costner doesn't shy away from risky roles (USA Today) - Kevin Costner kicks his feet up on his living room coffee table when he suddenly notices its four sharp corners. "That's going to have to go," he says of the table, cluttered with parenting magazines and the book Our Baby, Ourselves. "Maybe we'll get something round. The kid's going to hit his head on that for sure. Just a matter of time."

Lesbian Parenting - What the Research Really Shows (Newswise) - Experts available to comment on birth of baby to Mary Cheney, lesbian daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney. Background on research in gay/lesbian parenting, mental health of children raised by same-sex parents available to media from nationwide cadre of experts affiliated with Rockway Institute at Alliant International University.

Bonnier, Meredith Nurture Their Parenting Titles (Mediaweek) - Three years ago, Parenting was flying high, edging past category leader Parents. Fresh from a redesign, it was Time Inc.’s pride and joy, having won the National Magazine Award for General Excellence as well as a spot on Adweek Magazines’ Hot List. But ever since Time Inc. decided to put it on the block last year, it has fallen behind Meredith Corp.’s Parents.

Parenting (Akron Beacon Journal) - The term ``parenting,'' which did not come into vogue until the late 1960s, obscures the fact that raising a child is no less a leadership activity than running a major corporation or commanding a tank battalion.

Markets (May 31) (The Hindu) - CHILDREN & PARENTING Puffing to beat the wheeze One in every 10 children in Canada is afflicted with it ... the causes for the high rates of childhood asthma are not very clear.

The term ``parenting,'' which did not come into vogue until the late... (Akron Beacon Journal) - The term ``parenting,'' which did not come into vogue until the late 1960s, obscures the fact that raising a child is no less a leadership activity than running a major corporation or commanding a tank battalion. That simplifies things considerably because the principles that define effective leadership do not change from one context to another. If one understands how to lead in a corporation, ...

Mothers With Young Children Are Especially Vulnerable To Poor Mental Health (Medical News Today) - Mental health can take a serious blow among mothers with young children if they lack some basic daily support. Researchers found that poor maternal mental health can result if women lack emotional or hands-on support with parenting, spend what they feel is too much time with a child or have difficulty paying for childcare. [click link for full article]

SPECIAL UNITS NEEDED IN COMMUNITIES (Barbados Advocate) - A CALL is being made for special units to be established in communities around Barbados that will allow persons to seek counsel on a range of issues, such as parenting and violence in the home.

New Book Gives Relief to Working Moms (Gay Wired) - There are 26 million mothers in America who work. Yet many don’t think there’s enough time in the day to manage both parenting and a career. But a new book is determined to change that way of thinking.